Catch-up post since 20 July... 26 July 2017

Well, since 20 July in Rødvig, we have swallowed probably 300 miles and 3 gales. Quite a bad weather on our way to Copenhagen to pick a friend couple and get back to Sweden. And quite an unfriendly weather since. From Rødvig to Copenhagen, we experienced probably the thickest fog we have ever encountered. Impossible to see anything before too late, unless you navigate through the radar. Thanks to the radar...

The video below shows the crossing of te Farø bridge, t 9 knots fo speed, given the streams pushing us in  at this conjunction of tide, wind and pressure. I should admit, even knowing the the air clearance at the bridge being 26 metres, I could not continue recording as we were getting through it.

Then it shows the arrival Copenhagen with a very thick fog, as we have never seen. Imagine a SAR operation taking place near us, hearing the helicopters hoovering above us without seing them but on the AIS, and the cargo ships in their channel horning every now and then to indicate their position. Spooky for the least!

Being caught ion the fog, we found a place at Dragør, the first Copenhagen marina on the way. Very nice by the way, and easy to get through even in foggy weather conditions.

In the evening, we met Kess, I mean the Baltic Kees ship, which we are familiar with for years, passing along the Malmö bridge.  

From Dragør, we left for Höllviken with heavy winds in the nose. To complete the picture, the shackle from the genoa broke and the sail went down. I had to climb the 21 metre mast to the top to replace it. Not pleasant in any case.

The following day, there was no wind nothing! We went on engine through Simrishamn. Simrishamn, as all the marina in the area were full of boats stranded by the gales following each other. We struggled a lot in getting a place along side another boat in heavy wind, in a shallow harbour, with no centre board.

Fome Simrishamn, the following morning, we were the only boat getting out, with a crowd watching us passing the cresting waves at the entrance of the harbour. Direction full north, to Sölvesborg in order to get on our way back home. 

There was just a spot for us, by chance!